Recently, he smack-talked NASA’s plan to
return American astronauts to the moon by 2024.

Last Friday, he tweeted:
“For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going
to the Moon – We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much
bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is part), Defense
and Science!”

To be crystal clear, NASA’s 2024 moon plan
comes directly from the Trump administration Space
Policy Directive 1 that he himself signed in late 2017.

Many are confused by Trump’s words. Does he
have memory loss? Did he forget that he signed this into being under two years
ago?

Also, does he believe the moon is part of
Mars? On this point, speculators are hoping he meant that NASA’s moon goals are
hopefully a launching point for farther human space exploration. But, of
course, that’s “wishful” thinking.

Really, no one in the administration seems
to remember what happened in 2017. For example, Vice President Mike Pence made
a speech this March about the moon goal in 2024, and yet still the tweet last
week points otherwise.

As Pence said in March of this year: “It is
the stated policy of this administration and the United States of America to
return American astronauts to the moon within the next five years.”

Of course, Trump too talked about the moon
in May, tweeting his support.

He said: “Under my Administration, we are
restoring NASA to greatness and we are going back to the Moon, then Mars. I am
updating my budget to include an additional $1.6 billion so that we can return
to Space in a BIG WAY!”

Not only did that funding not come through,
but he also apparently forgot about it completely.